Ship-protector.



W. KOSTIW.

SHIP PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 8. I917- L25,81%0 Patented Jan. 8, 1918.

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SHIP-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 8, 1918.

Application filed October 8, 1917. Serial No. 195,359.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in shipprotectors.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device adaptedfor arrangement upon the hull of a ship for stopping torpedoes beforestriking the hull and for holding the torpedoes positioned withoutcontacting the exploding device at the forward pointed end thereof.

A further object of the device is to provide the hull of aship withmeans arranged adjacent the water line thereof adapted for catching andholding on-coming torpedoes in spaced relations from the hull, thearrangement being such as not to impede the travel of the boat throughthe water.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a means forcatching torpedoes and not permitting the torpedoes to explode, suchdevice being easy and inexpensive to manufacture as well as to installwherever desirable such as upon the hull of a ship.

In the drawing forming a part of this application and in which likedesignating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout theseveral views,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a ship provided with the present device.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof with a torpedo illustrated by dottedlines as being held by the device, and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section through a side portion of theship with a torpedo illustrated by dotted lines.

My device may be arranged in connection with any object which it isdesired to protect from oncoming missiles and is herein illustrated aspositioned adjacent. the water line of the hull 10 of a ship 11 having acabin 12, funnels 13, pilot house 14, wireless outfit 15, propellers 16and rudders 17.

A plurality of strips 18, here illustrated as three in number, arearranged in parallelism at opposite sides of the hull 10 being securedthereto by suitable hold-fast devices 19. Each of the strips 18 isprovided with a multiplicity of equally spaced spurs 20 of metal orother material of the requisite pressure or force resisting characterfor the intended purpose, V-shaped in form, and positioned in staggeredrelations upon the separate strips.

A torpedo such as 21 moving toward the hull 10 will force its pointedforward end 22 between different ones of said spurs :20 and by reason ofthe inclined sides 23 and sharp outward edges 2d of the spurs, it willbe impossible for the point of the torpedo to strike any objectso as tocontact the point with suflicient force to explode the torpedo. Also,the spurs 20 will receive the torpedo 21 wedged therebetween and thetorpedo will be prevented from striking the hull 10 and will be held ina harmless position.

T-shaped guards 25 may be carried by the bow 26 of the hull 10 servingas a sweep for floating mines. It will be understood that if the torpedostrikes the forward cutting edge 24. or one of the inclined sides 23 ofone of the spurs 20, only a glancing blow will result and the torpedowill fail to 8X1 plode. A safety device is arranged by means of which aboat may travel near submarines without being endangered by torpedoeswhich are fired therefrom.

What I claim as new is 1. A ship protector comprising a plurality ofstrips adapted for attachment to the ex terior of a hull, and V-shapedspurs arranged equally spaced apart upon the said strips and alternatelypositioned upon adjacent strips.

2. A ship protector comprising elongated mounting means arranged inparallelism adjacent the water line of the hull and outwardly projectingV-shaped spurs equally spaced apart and alternately positioned upon thesaid mounting means and having sharpened free ends.

3. A ship protector comprising elongated mounting means arranged inparallelism adjacent the water line of the hull, outwaroiv projectingV-shaped spurs equally spaced apart and alternately positioned upon thesaid mounting means and having sharpened free ends. hold-fast devicesfor the said mounting means, the spurs being adapted for the holdingreception of a missile therebetween With the point thereof spaced fromthe hull upon Which the device is arranged.

4. A device of the type described including a strip adapted to beapplied to the hull of a vessel adjacent the Water-line, said stripbeing equipped with V-shaped spurs, with their bases or flared portionspositioned adjacent to each other, their pointed ends cliverging fromeach other to provide for receiving for a limited extent therebetWeen an10 end-pointed or tapered missile or projectile.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WILLIAM KOSTIW.

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Washington, D. G.

